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hamming

NOUN

acting

Synonyms

STRONG

assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal portraying posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stagecraft stooging theatre theatricals

WEAK

play acting showing off

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Equally, you might not have believed her for a second, and thought she was hamming up her pain because it's all gone wrong.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Was it necessary to have the head coach of the Warriors and a former Bulls shooting guard hamming it up on the party’s biggest night?

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2024

Was he hamming it up for the cameras?

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024

Regardless, he was having a grand time with his friends, hamming it up for pictures.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2022

They were sitting on the deck, staring at Percy, but when he glared at them pointedly, they started hamming it up again, trembling and flopping around like fish.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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